Tuesday, October 30, 2012

wednesday, october 31 - thursday, november 8

Vol. 1, Issue 9

NEWS

Sarah Fontaine (MFAW '10) is publishing Junior Clemons's (MFAW '10) first book, with Carville Annex Press along with Alexis Petty (MFA Design alum). Look below for release party info.

An article about Paul Blumer (MFAW '12) and his novel Death or Quarter was published in SFGate.

Big Congratulations to the San Francisco Giants  on winning the 2012 World Series!!


ON-CAMPUS

WED 31: Notes from the Studio: Serena Cole Halloween Special, 4pm in The Drawing Room (SF)

WED 31: IMPACT Social Entrepreneurship Award Information Session, 11am-12pm in Timken Reception Area, (SF)

WED 31: Happy Halloween!

THU 1: TA Applications Accepted

FRI 2: MFAW Cheryl Dunye's (MFAW faculty) Screenwriting Workshop: Michelle Tea showing her film Valencia: The Movie, open to the CCA community, 12 - 3pm in the Writers Studio (SF)

FRI 2: WRITERS SERIES/FRIDAY SEMINAR:  Michael Nye and Opal Palmer Adisa (MFAW faculty), 3:30 - 5:30pm in the Writers Studio (SF)

MON 5: IMPACT Social Entrepreneurship Award Information Session, 3 - 4pm in A2 cafe (OAK)

WED 7: IMPACT Social Entrepreneurship Award Information Session, 3 - 4pm in A2 cafe (OAK)

WED 7: Notes from the Studio: Christopher Brown, 4pm in The Drawing Room (SF)

THU 8: IMPACT Social Entrepreneurship Award Information Session, 6 - 7pm in Timken Reception Area (SF)


OFF-SITE

THU 1: NaNoWriMo: National Novel Writing Month begins! Get to 50,000 words by November 30th.

FRI 2: Reading: Franck André Jamme, 5:30pm, at the BAM/PFA Reading (Room 2575 Bancroft Way between College and Telegraph, Berkeley) (Tickets $7)

FRI 2: Reading: Cathy Wagner and Kevin Killian (MFAW faculty), 7:00pm at Woolsey Heights, (1628 Woolsey Street, Apt. C, Berkeley)

FRI 2: Eleven Eleven: Celebration of issue #13 with readings by Sophia Dahlin, Sean Labrador y Manzano, Linda Norton, Mira Pasikov, Francois Luong & Amy Glynn Greacen, 7:30 - 9:30pm at Press: Works on Paper (3108 24th Street, SF)

SAT 3: BERNAL YOGA LITERARY SERIES: Opal Palmer Adisa (MFAW faculty), Michael Alenyikov, Sarah Griffin, Keely Hyslop, Tomas Moniz, Stephen Rosenshein, and Daniel Suarez, 8:00pm at Bernal Yoga Studio (908 Cortland, SF)

SAT 3: Release party for Junior Clemon's (MFAW '10) first book, published by Sarah Fontaine (MFAW '10), with Carville Annex Press along with Alexis Petty (MFA Design alum), at 7pm at Carville Annex (4037 Judah Street @46th, SF)

SUN 4: Reading: Small Press Traffic presents: Dana Ward, Julian Brolaski and Cynthia Sailers, 5pm at ATA (992 Valencia Street, SF) (Tickets $6-$10)

SUN 4: Anita Amirrezvani (MFAW faculty) at Solano County Library Foundation (601 Kentucky Street, Fairfield) TICKETS

MON 5: Reading: Quiet Lightning event featuring Caroline Goodwin (MFAW faculty), Stacy Carlson, Candy Shue, Ratty St. John, Kyle Metzner, Jose Luis Gutierrez, Karen Penley, Lisa Gordon (MFAW alum), Adam Hofbauer, Stacy Magner Barrett, Jennifer Lynn Roberts (MFAW alum), and Matthew Sherling at 7:30pm, Viracocha (998 Valencia @21st, SF) (Tickets $5)

WED 7: Amanda Chiado (MFAW alum) will present and read her work at The Altered Barbie Poetry night, 7-9pm at 50 Shotwell SF.



ON GOING

November is National Novel Writing Month! Register and challenge yourself Nov. 1-30th.

"Original Weather: 1 Artist and 8 Poets" with work by Robert Tomlinson and Laura LeHew (MFAW '03) among others at Grants Pass Musuem of Art, Grants Pass, OR (through November 16)


COMING UP

11/9:  WRITERS SERIES/FRIDAY SEMINAR: Carol Edgarian, author of Three Stages of Amazement, 5:30pm in the Writers Studio (SF)

11/9: Tisa Bryant, 5:30pm, at the BAM/PFA Reading Room

11/9: Della Watson and Jessica Wickens (MFAW alum), 7:30pm, Lone Glen Reading Series (293 Cotter Street, SF)

11/10: WRITERS WITH DRINKS: Shawna Yang Ryan, Francesca Lia Block, Randy Alfred, 7 - 9:30pm at the Make-Out Room

11/11: Anita Amirrezvani (MFAW faculty) at Bluestockings (NYC)

11/11: Reading: kathryn l. pringle, Erin Moure, Andrea Rexilius at ATA

11/12: Panel discussion and information session on the Fulbright Scholars program, 6:30 - 8pm in Nahl Hall (OAK) RSVP to careers@cca.edu

11/13: IMPACT Social Entrepreneurship Award Information Session, 6-7pm in A2 cafe (OAK)

11/14: Panel discussion and information session on the Fulbright Scholars program,
11am-1pm in GC7 (SF)

11/14: 30th Issue of New American Writing celebration with readings by Marco Lean, Ben Black, Scott Lambridis, Shruti Swamy, Peter Orner, Laura Walker, Richard O. Moore, Joseph Lease (MFAW faculty), and Paul Hoover, 3 - 4:30pm at the Poetry Center at SFSU

11/14: IMPACT Social Entrepreneurship Award Information Session, 5-6pm in Timken Reception Area (SF)

11/14: Notes from the Studio: Sally Elesby, 4pm in The Drawing Room (SF)

11/15: Anita Amirrezvani (MFAW faculty) at Lafayette Library and Community Center (Lafayette, CA)

11/15: "Listen for Peace," a visual art, literary, and music benefit for Emergency USA, Faith Adiele (MFAW faculty), and others TBA, 7–10pm, SF Main Library, San Francisco

11/15: Editors Meeting 11am-1:30pm in the Writers Studio (SF)

11/16: WRITERS SERIES/FRIDAY SEMINAR: Faith Adiele (MFAW faculty), author of Meeting Faith, 3:30pm – 5:00pm, in the Writers' Studio (SF)

11/16: MFAW STUDENT READING

11/16: Lorenzo Herrera y Lozano, 5:30pm at BAM/PFA Reading Room

11/16: Co-Launch Party for Beeswax Magazine [co-founded by Laureen Mahler (MFAW alum)] and Monday Night [co-founded by Jessica Wickens (MFAW alum)] with readings by Hugh Behm-Steinberg (MFAW faculty), Diana Aehegma, Sean Craven, and Valerie Witte,

11/19: Anita Amirrezvani (MFAW faculty) at Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Main Library (San Jose)

11/28: Notes from the Studio: Terri Friedman, 4pm in The Drawing Room (SF)

11/29: Peter Orner in Conversation with Michelle Richmond (former MFAW faculty), 7:30pm at the Booksmith (SF)

11/30: Writing for Image (Grad Fine Arts class) Reading, 6:00pm in the Writers Studio (SF)

12/1: Alice Notley at the Unitarian Center

12/2: Tim Trace Peterson, J/J Hastain, Monica Peck at ATA

12/5: Notes from the Studio: Danielle Lawrence, 4pm in The Drawing Room (SF)

12/7: Sam Sax, 5:30 at BAM/PFA Reading Room

12/14: LAST DAY OF THE FALL SEMESTER

12/14: MFAW STUDENT READING

12/16: "iduna: an opera in one act" libretto by kari edwards, arranged and conducted by Tom Comitta (MFAW alum)

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